We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and Cisco DNA Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The product has excellent stability."
"You can integrate all the networks into the software."
"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"The interface of this solution is easy to use overall."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"What's most valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the ability to manage any Cisco infrastructure and device through it. Setup was straightforward."
"The product gives a consolidated view."
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"Cisco DNA Center provides operational support, compliance support, security vulnerability detection, and automatic scheduling."
"The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers."
"We can monitor all devices and get the required information using the product."
"Cisco VXLAN is a protocol that has been around for some time, but the practical implementation and operational capability of Cisco DNA Center bring it to life."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The solution needs to improve reports."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"One of the biggest challenges is that we aren't always able to push the configuration onto the target device. Whenever this happens, we have to do a factory reset, put on the script, and then reconfigure it again. In the next release, I would like to have a troubleshooting feature."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"The solution needs to improve the dashboard."
"The product doesn’t have good monitoring capabilities."
"The task failure reporting or provisioning failure reporting could be a little bit better in the UI, with more information given to the user."
"Technical support could be better. The price could be better, and it could be more stable."
"We encountered issues with their response times, which had a big impact on our workflow."
"From the recent DNA point of view, there are some stability challenges with Cisco, but very minor."
"The network, data center, and SD-WAN are all being treated as different services, but I would like to have only one solution to manage all of them."
"Cisco could improve the security side of their solutions."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while Cisco DNA Center is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 37 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Data Center Network Manager writes "Provides insight into the network's health data and has an excellent support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant and Zabbix, whereas Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Cisco Data Center Network Manager report.
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